Below is a listing of superchargers opened, expanded or closed in 2023, originally posted in the UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News wiki. Scroll down for tables of sites opened/expanded/closed in the UK, and to the end for Ireland.
New UK sites: 20
UK site expansions: 6
There were no site closures; the 8 V2 stalls at Penrith - Tebay Southbound were replaced with 12 V3 stalls directly opposite the original stalls (3rd party rapid chargers are being installed where the V2 Tesla stalls used to be).
Total net new sites, bays: 20, 290 (8-24 V2 + 228 V3 + 78 V4)
Total UK sites at year end: 126 (56 V2, 58 V3, 6 V4, 5 mixed V2 + V3, 1 mixed V3 + V4)
Total UK commissioned stalls at year end: 1297 (508 V2 + 711 V3 + 78 V4)
New Ireland sites: 0
Total new sites, bays: 0, 4*
Total Ireland sites at year end: 9 (5 V2, 4 V3)
Total Ireland commissioned stalls at year end: 56 (34 V2 + 22 V3)
*No new supercharger construction took place in Ireland in 2023 but 4 previously-built stalls at Athenry were commissioned (taking the site total to 8 stalls).
Fleet Southbound finally opened after at least 2,201 days under construction: a UK, if not world, record (the site was constructed in September 2017 but mothballed due to power supply issues).
2023 saw the introduction of V4 stalls in the UK with features including longer charge cables and contactless payment terminals. To date, the charger cabinets supplying power to the stalls appear to be the same as the V3 versions. The first V4 stalls were commissioned at the Tottenham Service Centre in August. By the end of 2024, 8 sites had V4 stalls (6 new and 2 expansions). The remainder of new sites which opened after Tottenham were all V4, although at least 10 V3 sites were under construction by year end. Pease Pottage is currently the only V4 site not open to non-Tesla's.
Following site expansions, Exeter is now the largest UK supercharger with 32 V3 stalls followed by Rugby with 28 V3. Other expansions at popular locations took place at Tebay - Southbound (now 12 V3), Trentham (now 8 V3 + 10 V4) and Lifton (now 16 V4); the latter two sites are also now available to non-Tesla's.
An additional 18 UK sites are now open to non-Tesla's in the UK bringing the total to 34; in 2023, 9 of the 20 new sites are open to all and a further 9 pre-existing sites were opened up.
In contrast there was no new supercharger construction in Ireland. Four pre-existing stalls were commissioned at Athenry; in addition this site and Enfield were
opened up to non-Tesla's.
14 of the 20 new UK sites had pre-existing markers and of these 11 were on or ahead of schedule in terms of target opening dates. Target opening dates were not updated after February so their accuracy could be expected to decrease with time, but Tesla's markers have historically been best viewed as a rough guide rather than a specific plan.
Markers removed in 2023 (20 in total):
Basingstoke; Beaconsfield; Bristol - Filton; Cardiff; Coventry; Faversham; London - Chiswick; London - Hendon; London Colney; Middleton (Birch Westbound)*; Newcastle - North East; Penrith - Tebay Northbound; Peterborough; Solihull*, Stevenage; Taunton; Wakefield; Winchester Northbound; Winchester Southbound; Windsor.
*never-the-less construction has started at Birch and Solihull
At the end of 2023, 37 coming soon markers remained.
Of these, 15 had overdue 2023 target dates:
Birch (Birch Eastbound)*
Brora
Frankley - Southbound**
Glasgow*
Guildford**
Ipswich*
Kingston Upon Thames
Medway Eastbound*
Old Trafford*
Polmont
Rainham
Sheffield*
Tamworth
Washington N
Wimbledon
* known to be under construction
** planning or power supply work indicates work to build a supercharger is likely to be in progress
The remaining 22 have target dates in 2024 (or unspecified):
Bangor
Bar Hill
Bridport
Brighton (30525)
Brighton (Adur)
Bristol Eastville (Bristol East)
Bromley
Cannock
Godstone
Gretna - Caledonia Park
Hamilton*
Hull
Inverness - East
Liverpool East
Plymouth
Portsmouth - West
Preston - South*
St Albans
Stansted
Stratford
Swindon
Taunton
* known to be under construction as of the end of 2023
Activity at these sites is being tracked in the UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News wiki.
2023 Summary Statistics
The following totals should tally with the supercharge.info database and where possible reference information posted on TMC and other public forums.New UK sites: 20
UK site expansions: 6
There were no site closures; the 8 V2 stalls at Penrith - Tebay Southbound were replaced with 12 V3 stalls directly opposite the original stalls (3rd party rapid chargers are being installed where the V2 Tesla stalls used to be).
Total net new sites, bays: 20, 290 (8-24 V2 + 228 V3 + 78 V4)
Total UK sites at year end: 126 (56 V2, 58 V3, 6 V4, 5 mixed V2 + V3, 1 mixed V3 + V4)
Total UK commissioned stalls at year end: 1297 (508 V2 + 711 V3 + 78 V4)
New Ireland sites: 0
Total new sites, bays: 0, 4*
Total Ireland sites at year end: 9 (5 V2, 4 V3)
Total Ireland commissioned stalls at year end: 56 (34 V2 + 22 V3)
*No new supercharger construction took place in Ireland in 2023 but 4 previously-built stalls at Athenry were commissioned (taking the site total to 8 stalls).
2023 Miscellaneous Highlights
The total of 20 new UK sites is a new calendar year record (beating the 2021 record of 18, matched in 2022) and 314 (290 net) new live bays beats the 2022 record of 219. The majority of new sites were in the Midlands and South/South East of England. Blyth was the most northerly supercharger to open in England; in Wales, Carmarthen and Swansea extended coverage in South Wales; in Scotland, Heartlands was the only new addition, a small 4 stall site in the Central Belt. There were no new site openings (or construction) on the island of Ireland.Fleet Southbound finally opened after at least 2,201 days under construction: a UK, if not world, record (the site was constructed in September 2017 but mothballed due to power supply issues).
2023 saw the introduction of V4 stalls in the UK with features including longer charge cables and contactless payment terminals. To date, the charger cabinets supplying power to the stalls appear to be the same as the V3 versions. The first V4 stalls were commissioned at the Tottenham Service Centre in August. By the end of 2024, 8 sites had V4 stalls (6 new and 2 expansions). The remainder of new sites which opened after Tottenham were all V4, although at least 10 V3 sites were under construction by year end. Pease Pottage is currently the only V4 site not open to non-Tesla's.
Following site expansions, Exeter is now the largest UK supercharger with 32 V3 stalls followed by Rugby with 28 V3. Other expansions at popular locations took place at Tebay - Southbound (now 12 V3), Trentham (now 8 V3 + 10 V4) and Lifton (now 16 V4); the latter two sites are also now available to non-Tesla's.
An additional 18 UK sites are now open to non-Tesla's in the UK bringing the total to 34; in 2023, 9 of the 20 new sites are open to all and a further 9 pre-existing sites were opened up.
In contrast there was no new supercharger construction in Ireland. Four pre-existing stalls were commissioned at Athenry; in addition this site and Enfield were
opened up to non-Tesla's.
2023 Review of Tesla's UK "Coming Soon" Pins
Tesla updated their "coming soon" map markers in mid February, removing 18 and adding 17 to leave a total of 49. Unlike in previous years, marker positions and target opening dates were not subsequently updated except for a handful of additions and removals. Additional markers for supercharging voting winners were added for Bangor (July) and Hull (October). Washington N was added on or before October. One of two Birch markers was removed and the Solihull marker was removed after the service centre opened (but superchargers are under construction there). "Coming soon" markers for sites which opened during the year were converted to conventional supercharger markers although by year end the coming soon markers for Merry Hill and Pease Pottage were still present in addition to their new supercharger markers.14 of the 20 new UK sites had pre-existing markers and of these 11 were on or ahead of schedule in terms of target opening dates. Target opening dates were not updated after February so their accuracy could be expected to decrease with time, but Tesla's markers have historically been best viewed as a rough guide rather than a specific plan.
Markers removed in 2023 (20 in total):
Basingstoke; Beaconsfield; Bristol - Filton; Cardiff; Coventry; Faversham; London - Chiswick; London - Hendon; London Colney; Middleton (Birch Westbound)*; Newcastle - North East; Penrith - Tebay Northbound; Peterborough; Solihull*, Stevenage; Taunton; Wakefield; Winchester Northbound; Winchester Southbound; Windsor.
*never-the-less construction has started at Birch and Solihull
At the end of 2023, 37 coming soon markers remained.
Of these, 15 had overdue 2023 target dates:
Birch (Birch Eastbound)*
Brora
Frankley - Southbound**
Glasgow*
Guildford**
Ipswich*
Kingston Upon Thames
Medway Eastbound*
Old Trafford*
Polmont
Rainham
Sheffield*
Tamworth
Washington N
Wimbledon
* known to be under construction
** planning or power supply work indicates work to build a supercharger is likely to be in progress
The remaining 22 have target dates in 2024 (or unspecified):
Bangor
Bar Hill
Bridport
Brighton (30525)
Brighton (Adur)
Bristol Eastville (Bristol East)
Bromley
Cannock
Godstone
Gretna - Caledonia Park
Hamilton*
Hull
Inverness - East
Liverpool East
Plymouth
Portsmouth - West
Preston - South*
St Albans
Stansted
Stratford
Swindon
Taunton
* known to be under construction as of the end of 2023
Activity at these sites is being tracked in the UK and Ireland Supercharger Site News wiki.
UK Sites
Sites which opened in 2023
| Date opened | Supercharger (Tesla marker) | Supercharge.info map reference | Target opening | Location (target marker location comments) & notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/01/23 | Guildford, UK | Guildford, UK | Q1 2023 (on schedule) | Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre car park. Tesla map marker added October 2022, in notional Guildford town centre location. [12 x V3 250 kW] (plus 4 x 7 kW destination chargers) | #5,451 (31/01/23) |
| 14/02/23 | Newark, UK | Newark, UK | Q4 2022 (behind schedule*) | Maltings Retail Park, Newark. Tesla map marker added April 2022, close to site location. *Target date change: Q3 to Q4 2022 (November 2022). [10 x V3 250 kW] | #5,511 (15/02/23) |
| 21/02/23 | Carmarthen, UK | Carmarthen, UK | Q1 2023 (on schedule*) | St Catherine's Walk car park. Tesla map marker added April 2022 at site location. *Target date changes: Q3 to Q4 2022 (November 2022); Q1 2023 (February 2023). [12 x V3 250 kW] | #5,541 (21/02/23) |
| 17/03/23 | Leigh Delamere, UK - Westbound | Leigh Delamere, UK | Q1 2023 (on schedule) | Moto Leigh Delamere Westbound services. Tesla map marker added February 2023, at Moto service area. [16 x V3 250 kW] | #5,679 (17/02/23) |
| 22/03/23 | Northampton, UK | Northampton (SC), UK | Q1 2023 (on schedule*) | Northampton Service Centre. Tesla map marker added April 2022, close to Service Centre location. *Target date change: Q3 2022 to Q1 2023 (August 2022). [8 x V3 250 kW] | #5,699 (23/03/23) |
| 23/03/23 | Heston, UK - Eastbound | Heston Eastbound, UK | Q1 2023 (on schedule) | Moto Heston Eastbound services. Tesla map marker added November 2022 (albeit closer to westbound services). [16 x V3 250 kW] | #5,698 (23/03/23) |
| 04/04/23 | Swansea, UK | Swansea, UK | Q2 2023 (on schedule*) | Moto Swansea West (M4 J47) services. Tesla map marker (q222) added April 2022, in notional city centre location close to pre-existing Swansea (q122) marker which was subsequently removed in August 2022. *Target date changes: Q3 to Q4 2022 (August 2022); Q2 2023 (February 2023). [12 x V3 250 kW] | #5,738 (04/04/23) |
| 15/04/23 | Dorking, UK | Dorking, UK | Q1 2023 (behind schedule*) | Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking. Tesla Map marker added April 2022. *Target date change: Q3 2022 to Q1 2023 (August 2022); construction completed some time before site went live. [8 x V3 250 kW] (plus 3 destination chargers) | #5,790 (15/04/23) |
| 28/04/23 | Merry Hill, UK | Merry Hill, UK | Q4 2022 (behind schedule) | Merry Hill retail centre, Brierly Hill (car park O2, near Next). Tesla map marker added April 2022 at notional location near Dudley town centre. [14 x V3 250 kW] | #5,812 (28/04/23) |
| 10/05/23 | Heston, UK - Westbound | Heston Westbound, UK | Not previously listed | Moto Heston Westbound services. [12 x V3 250 kW] | #5,848 (10/05/23) |
| 02/06/23 | Blyth, UK | Blyth, UK | Not previously listed* | Moto Blyth services *Former Tesla marker in Blyth village added January 2021 with Q2 2021 target date, updated to Q3 2021 before being removed in August 2021. [12 x V3 250 kW] | #5,909 (02/06/23) |
| 13/07/23 | Thurrock, UK | Thurrock, UK | Q4 2023 (ahead of schedule*) | Moto Thurrock services *Former Tesla marker added January 2021 with Q2 2021 target date, updated to Q4 2021 before being removed in August 2021. [16 x V3 250 kW] | #6,147 (13/07/23) |
| 02/08/23 | Norwich SC | Norwich (SC), UK | Q3 2023 (on schedule*) | Norwich Service Centre *Tesla map marker, close to Service Centre location with Q2 2022 target date, added February 2022, removed in July 2022, then reinstated in February 2023 with Q3 2023 target date. [12 x V3 250 kW] | #6,230 (02/08/23) |
| 24/8/23 | London - Tottenham SC | London - Edmonton (SC), UK | Q3 2023 (on schedule) | London - Tottenham Service Centre Tesla site page initially titled "London East, UK - Ravenside Retail Park", renamed "London - Edmonton", then "London - Tottenham". Tesla map marker added November 2022 adjacent to Ravenside Retail Park. [12 x V4 250 kW] | #6,292 (25/08/23) |
| 18/09/23 | Reading, UK - Westbound | Reading - Westbound, UK | Q4 2023 (ahead of schedule*) | Moto Reading Westbound services (initially labelled Burghfield). Supercharger live as of 18/09/23, added to Nav/app on 20/09/23. Open to non-Teslas. *Target date changes: Q2 to Q4 2021 (August 2021); Q2 2022 (February 2022); Q3 2022 (April 2022); Q4 2022 (August 2022); Q4 2023 (February 2023). [12 x V4 250 kW] | #6,421 (18/09/23) |
| 22/09/23 | Fleet, UK - Southbound | Fleet - Southbound, UK | Longest delay in opening of any UK Supercharger (2,201 days) | Welcome Break Fleet Southbound services Site constructed in September 2017 but mothballed due to power supply issues. Original marker target date was 2018. Revised marker target date moved from 2022 to Q4 2021 in August 2021; marker removed on 03-Feb-22. [8 x V2 150 kW] | #6,439 (22/09/23) #6,443 (22/09/23) |
| 09/11/23 | Pease Pottage, UK | Pease Pottage, UK | Q4 2023 (on schedule) | Moto M23 services. 12 of 16 stalls live initially. Tesla map marker added February 2023 at site location. [16 x V3 250 kW] | #6,659 (10/11/23) |
| 22/11/23 | Heartlands, UK | Heartlands, UK | Not previously listed | Heartlands Neighbourhood Centre, near M8 Jct 4A. 4 x V4 Superchargers, including one disabled parking bay. [4 x V4 250 kW] | #6,742 (23/11/23) |
| 02/12/23 | Newmarket, UK | Newmarket, UK | Not previously listed | Studlands Shopping Park, Newmarket. [8 x V4 250 kW] | #6,785 (02/12/23) |
| 12/12/23 | Luton, UK | Luton, UK | Not previously listed | Gypsy Lane Retail Park, Luton (adjacent to Luton Airport Parkway station, near M1 J10). 4 of 16 stalls live initially; remainder commissioned shortly afterwards. [16 x V4 250 kW] | #6,816 (12/12/23) |
Sites which expanded/upgraded/relocated in 2023
| Date change effective | Supercharger | Previous Spec | New Spec | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/05/23 | London - Park Royal | 8 x V2 150 kW + 8 x V3 250 kW | 16 x V3 250 kW V2 chargers replaced with V3 ones as part of site repairs following major road traffic incident. | #5,854 (12/05/23) |
| 25/05/23 | Penrith - Tebay Southbound | 8 x V2 150 kW | 12 x V3 250 kW (located opposite pre-existing V2 stalls) 4 x third party ultra-rapid chargers due to be installed where the original V2 Tesla supercharger stalls were positioned. | #5,883 (25/05/23) |
| 17/08/23 | Exeter | 16 x V3 250 kW | 32 x V3 250 kW (largest UK Supercharger and largest UK rapid charging hub with additional adjacent Gridserve units) | #6,258 (17/08/23) |
| 24/08/23 | Rugby | 12 x V3 250 kW | 28 x V3 250 kW Includes two stalls which can be used by vehicles towing a trailer. | #6,290 (24/08/23) |
| 26/09/23 | Trentham | 8 x V3 250 kW | 8 x V3 + 10 x V4 250 kW First mixed V3/V4 UK Supercharger. Opened to non-Teslas on 11/10/23. | #6,483 (27/09/23) |
| 14/12/23 | Lifton | 8 x V2 150 kW | 16 x V4 250 kW 8 x V2 chargers replaced with 16 x V4 and site now open to non-Teslas. | #6,821 (14/12/23) |
Ireland Sites
There was no new site construction in Ireland in 2023; four pre-existing stalls were commissioned.Sites which expanded in 2023
| Date change effective | Supercharger | Previous Spec | New Spec | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/12/23 | Athenry | 4 x V3 250 kW | 8 x V3 250 kW Eight stalls built in 2022, four commissioned in June 2022, remaining four now also commissioned. | Supercharge.info (06/12/23) |
